Shirt



July 28, 1931. J w, R ED 1,816,745

SHIRT Filed Feb. 12, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORNEY July 28, 1931. J. w. REED 1,816,745

SHIRT Filed Feb. 12, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 pointed out in the appended claim.

Patented July 28, 1931 PATENT ()FFICE JOHN WALLACE REED, OI GREENSBUBG, PENNSYLVANIA SHIRT Application filed February 12, 1980. Serial NIL-427,881.

This invention relates to a shirt, the general object of the invention being to provide a shirt having either an upstanding collar or a turned over collar, with a tie having its ends attached to the front part of the collar in such a manner that the tie can be used for drawing the collar to a proper fit around the neck of the user, with means whereby the tie can be easily and quickly adjusted.-

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view of the upper part of a shirt showing the same with an upstanding collar permanently fastened to the shirt and with a tie permanentl attached'to the collar, with snaps on the col ar for attachment of a ready made tie provided with snaips.

Figure 2 is a view showing the rst step of tying the tie.

Figure 3 is a view of the shirt and tie after the tie is adjusted.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view showing the tie parts out off so that a ready made tie can be used with the shirt.

Figure 6 is a view showing the tie made up as a four-in-hand tie. Figure 7 is a rear view of a bow tie having snaps on its rear face so that this tie can be worn with the shirt after the strings have been cut off, as shown in Figure 5.

hFigure 8 is a view of this bow tie on the s irt.

Figure 9 is a view showing the invention used with a turn down collar.

Figure 10 is a view of a shirt having its neckband provided with snap fasteners for receiving a collar havin fasteners thereon.

Figure 11 is a view 0 the collar used with the shirt shown in Figure 10, with two sections of a tie attached theret Figure 12 is a section on line 12-12 of Fi ure 11.

igure 13 is a view ofthe shirt shown inf Figure 10, with the collar shown in Figure 11 attached thereto and with the tie adjusted.

Referring to Figures 1 to 8, the shirt 1 is provided with a strai ht upstandin collar 2, the front ends of w ich are space apart, the front of the shirt being fastened together by the button and buttonholes shown generally at 3. The tie is composed of the two sections 4, each of which has an end fastened to a front end of the collar, as shown at 5, and one section has the male member 6 of a snap fastener thereon and the other member has the female member 7 of the snap fastener thereon. The two sections of the tie are also provided with the buttonholes 8. Fastener parts 9 are attached to the front ends of the collar and extra buttonholes 3 are formed in the shirt between the first two buttons.

Figures 2, 3 and 4 show one manner of adjusting the tie. As shown in Figure 2, the two sections are knotted together, and tightened to draw the neck of the shirt to a proper fit around the neck of the user. The depending section is then connected with the shirt by passing the first button of the shirt through one of the buttonholes in said section. The other section is then brought down and this section can be fastened to the first section by the snap .fasteners 6 and 7 and if desired, the sections can also be fastened to the shirt by passing some of the buttons of the shirt through some of the buttonholes of the sections. The tie would then have the appearance of the arrangement shown in Figure 3.

If desired, a collar button 10 can be passed form of the invention through the buttonholes 3 of the shirt and some of the buttonholes of ,the tie, as shown in Figure 4. This collar button can be used if some of the buttons of the shirt are missing.

Instead of using the tie, as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, the tie can be fastened as a four-in-hand tie, as shown in Figure 6, and in this case, some of the buttons of the shirt can be passed through some of the buttonholes of the tie, if desired, or the ends of the tie can be left to hang free without being buttoned to the shirt, I

Thus the garment provides a neat appearance and as the parts are all fastened to the garment, there is no danger of the tie or collar becoming lost. The garment can be easily washed and ironed and the tie can be easily and quickly tied.

By providing a plurality of buttonholes in the tie sections, if the tie should shrink and make it im ossible to use the holes which were in use befdre the tie was washed, other buttonholes can be used, so that the tie will have the same appearance as it did originally.

If one wished to use a ready made tie with the shirt, the tie sections 4 would be cut off. as shown in Figure 5 and either a bow tie 11 or a four-in-hand tie provided with fastener parts 12 for engaging the fastener parts 9 used'with the shirt. A bow tie is shown detachably connected with the shirtin Figure 8.

Figure 9 shows the invention used with a turndown collar 2 which is permanently attached to the shirt. In other respects, this is similar to the first form, and the tie can be worn as shown in Figure 3 or Figure 6 and a ready made tie, either a bow tie or four-in-hand, can be used with this form as it is also provided with the snap fasteners.

Figure 10 shows the neckband 12 provided with the fastener parts 13 for receiving the fastener parts 14 on the fold-over collar 15 so that this collar is detachable from' the neckband. In other respects, this form of the invention is similar to the first form, except it is not provided with the snap fasteners for. attachment of a ready made tie.

It will, of course, be understood that the tie sections 4 can be tied to form a bow tie so that these sections can be made up to form a tie, as shown in Figure 3, or a four-in-hand tie, as shown in Figure 6, or as a bow tie.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scgpe of the appended claim.

hat I claim is A garment comprising a shirt and a coll r, a sectional necktie having one end of each section connected with the front end of the collar whereby the sections can be tied together to form a bow tie, a four-in-hand tie or the sections can be tied together with a single knot and one section placed over the other, snap fastener parts for connecting the sections together and said sections having buttonholes therein for receiving buttons on the shirt.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN WALLACE REED. 

